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ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)
ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date1830-1840
DimensionsH: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); Rim L: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Rim W: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); Base L: 6.0 cm (2 3/8 in.); Base W: 4.2 cm (1 11/16 in.)
MediumSlightly opaque silvery blue lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1982.181
Not on View
DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of four vertical sections, opening at the corners, bearing the pattern from the lower edge of the scalloped base to the top edge of the rim, with a base plate that formed the legs that terminate in florets and concentric circles of blossoms and florets around a central flower, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior and probably the top of the rim.
Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 260, pl. 71, no. 2.

Neal, L. W. and D. B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, authors, 1962, p. 35, CT 1.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 176, nos. 659 (powder blue), 660 (opaque white).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 1, nos. 148 (silvery blue), 315 (opaque white).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 349, no. 443, colorpl. 443, p. 251.

Pitcher
Imperial Glass Works
1910-1920 or 1931-1940
Footed Spoon Holder
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1865-1875
Tumbler
about 1830
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1827-1830
Salt and Cover
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1830-1840
Cocktail Glass
Arthur Douglas Nash
about 1931-1935
Candlestick
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company
1920-1925
Salt
1830-1840
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1818-1830
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1818-1830

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